Letter Sessions
A little time to hold onto the people you love as they are right now.
Letter Sessions are 30-minute sessions designed for up to five people. Groups of up to seven can be accommodated when all children are around age 10 or older and are cooperative.
These are short, beautifully focused, and made for families who want meaningful photographs without needing a full-length session.
These openings are rare. We release them only when one specific time becomes available alongside our existing session schedule. Every opening has a fixed date, time, photographer, and location, and each one is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you see an appointment in one of the calendars below, it is still available. Once it disappears, it has been booked.
$799
These calendars show Letter Sessions only. They do not reflect our full availability. Memoir, Narrative, and Story Sessions offer more time and flexibility and are booked by submitting an inquiry.
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The People You Love
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The Season You're In
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Quick & Intentional ✳︎ The People You Love ✳︎ The Season You're In ✳︎ Limited ✳︎
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CHOOSE YOUR SESSION DATE
The calendars below show current Letter Session openings with Kayla and Joy. Times are automatically displayed in the time zone set on your device. Before booking, match your date with its location in the Date + Location Guide below.
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Date + Location Guide
If you do not see an available appointment, the current Letter Sessions have been booked. New openings are added only as they become available and cannot be requested for alternate dates, times, or locations.
We do not schedule Letter Sessions before every session; only as our schedule allows.
2026
May 5: Kayla - Mormon Row, GTNP
May 18: Kayla - Driggs, ID
May 23: Joy - Colter Bay, GTNP
June 23: Kayla - GTNP
July 3: Joy - GTNP
July 9: Kayla - Schwabacher Landing
Sept 25: Kayla - GTNP
Oct 7: Kayla - GTNP
Oct 12: Kayla - Driggs
Oct 27: Kayla - Driggs
2027
availability coming soon
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The FAQ’s
Everything you may want to know before booking, from weather and rescheduling to gallery delivery, downloads, and printing.
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The Date + Location Guide lists each session in local Mountain Time. The scheduler displays that same session in the time zone currently set on your device. For example, a session listed at 5:00 PM Mountain Time will appear as 7:00 PM if you are viewing the scheduler in Eastern Time.
The calendars show live availability. If a date appears in the Date + Location Guide but is no longer available in the scheduler, that session has been booked.
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Letter Sessions include 30 minutes of photography for up to five people at the predetermined location connected to the appointment. You’ll receive a private online gallery and choose 20 images to download as web-sized digital files.
You’ll also receive our portrait and styling guide, access to the online styling service, professional editing, and access to the Dear June print store.
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Letter Sessions generally work best for families with children around five and older. Thirty minutes moves quickly and requires a little more direction and cooperation than one of our longer sessions.
Some younger children do beautifully with a short, fast-moving session. Others need more time to warm up, explore, take breaks, or recover when something does not go as planned. You know your children best. If they usually need more time and flexibility, a Memoir or Narrative Session will probably be a better fit.
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Yes. Letter Sessions work well for couples who want a focused set of meaningful photographs together without needing a longer experience.
If you want more time to explore, multiple settings, or something that feels more like an adventure together, one of our longer sessions will give us more room.
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Sometimes. A Letter Session can work well for a senior who wants a simple, focused set of photographs and does not want a long photography experience.
If you want multiple outfits, several locations, activities, or a wider variety of photographs, a Memoir or Narrative Session will be a better fit.
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No. Every Letter Session is released with a predetermined date, time, photographer, and location. Those details are connected to that specific opening and cannot be changed.
If you need a different date or location, reach out about a Memoir, Narrative, or Story Session.
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No. The calendars show only the limited Letter Session openings currently available.
Memoir, Narrative, and Story Sessions are booked by inquiry. Send us the dates you are considering, and we’ll let you know whether we are available or what we have open nearby.
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Your session is booked as soon as you complete the Session Confirmation and submit the $300 deposit. The appointment will then be removed from availability.
Your photography agreement, questionnaire, preparation guide, and styling information will be sent after booking.
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No. The $300 deposit is non-refundable. Submitting it reserves the appointment you selected and removes that opening from availability.
The agreement and questionnaire are sent after booking, but the deposit is not refundable if you later decide not to complete them. Please review the session information carefully before submitting payment.
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Weather changes quickly here, so we try not to make decisions too far in advance. Clouds, wind, or a chance of rain do not always mean that a session needs to be moved.
We’ll keep an eye on the conditions and stay in touch if the forecast becomes concerning. If the weather makes it unreasonable or unsafe to photograph, we’ll do our best to find another available opening. Because Letter Sessions are released only when our existing schedule allows, rescheduling options may be limited.
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Reach out as soon as you know there may be a problem. We’ll do our best to find another available Letter Session opening, but another date, photographer, or location cannot be guaranteed.
The $300 booking deposit remains non-refundable.
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Physical prints are not included with the Letter Session. You can order professional prints, wall art, albums, and other products directly through the Dear June gallery store.
Your collection includes 20 web-sized digital downloads. If you would like to print through a lab of your choice, you’ll need the Print-Ready Digital Collection or Archival USB upgrade, which includes full-resolution files and a personal print release.